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Signals from the annual accounts, the CBE and the Official Gazette, each with its threshold and source. No score, no verdict.
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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 17.6 to 11.6.
Financials
Financial year 2025
ALPHA - J from Oostende, company number BE0437102685, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 79,852 after tax. For that financial year ALPHA - J recorded a gross margin of € 640,058 and equity of € 764,039. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 117,865 to € 79,852. The company is profitable. The buffer is growing. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on August 31, 2026.
€ 764,039
▲ 12% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 79,852
▼ 32% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 731,382
▲ 13% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € 745,447.
People and assets in 2025
11.6
▼ 3.3 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 482,013
▼ 9% vs 2024
€ 41,600 per full-time equivalent. Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
€ 33,768
▲ 16% vs 2024
Of which on lease € 14,113.
Debts at end 2025
€ 11,856
€ 3,159 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 4 years.
€ 84,765
▲ 42% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 113,143
▼ 9% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 566,282 | € 623,834 | € 727,386 | € 640,058 | ▼ 12% |
| Profit after taxes | € 66,065 | € 59,968 | € 117,865 | € 79,852 | ▼ 32% |
| Equity | € 506,354 | € 566,322 | € 684,187 | € 764,039 | ▲ 12% |
| Total debts | € 222,324 | € 358,563 | € 365,235 | € 390,154 | ▲ 7% |
| Cash | € 319,303 | € 523,599 | € 644,520 | € 731,382 | ▲ 13% |
| Land & buildings | € 3,776 | € 2,321 | € 4,593 | € 3,578 | ▼ 22% |
| Retained profit | € 487,762 | € 547,730 | € 665,595 | € 745,447 | ▲ 12% |
| Bank debt | € 10,868 | € 7,854 | € 0 | € 11,856 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 728,678 | € 924,884 | € 1,049,422 | € 1,154,192 | ▲ 10% |
| Employees (FTE) | 17.6 | 17.6 | 14.9 | 11.6 | ▼ 3.3 |
Key figures of ALPHA - J, fiscal years 2022 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2026) expected before 31 July 2027.
What happened to ALPHA - J?
What happened at ALPHA - J in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 79,852 (▼ 32% vs 2024). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Oostende. KBO
- Jan Vermeulen became a director. NBB
- Silva Caillauw became a director. NBB
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 66,065 profit in 2022 to € 79,852 profit in 2025.
Paid € 103,502 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 117,865 profit.
On average € 55,200 of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
Behind ALPHA - J are Jan Vermeulen and Silva Caillauw. Jan Vermeulen is also behind Hypar.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
since 1989
Silva Caillauw
Director
since 1989
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Kapucijnenstraat 13
8400 Oostende
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 1 companies are registered at this address.
All companies at this address →What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0437.102.685
- VAT number
- BE 0437.102.685
- Registered office
- Kapucijnenstraat 13, 8400 Oostende
- Names & denominations
- ALPHA - J
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 21 March 1989
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- Active · Active since 5 Dec 2025
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